Routinely frozen biopsies of human skeletal muscle are suitable for morphological and immunocytochemical analyses at transmission electron microscopy

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-142

  Giagnacovo, M ^a   Cardani, R ^b,c   Meola, G ^b   Pellicciari, C ^a   Malatesta, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Centro per lo studio delle Malattie Neuromuscolari CMN

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Fixation; Frozen biopsy; Immunocytochemistry; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77957329388     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ejh.2010.e31     Document Type: Article

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